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Bootle,
Liverpool
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England
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Defender
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| years = 1977-96
1996-97
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West Ham UnitedLeyton Orient
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Alvin Edward Martin (born
29 July 1958 in
Bootle) is a retired
English footballer who spent most of his career with
West Ham United.
Martin started out with Merseyside club
Everton as a schoolboy, but left in 1973 after the
Goodison Park club only offered him an apprenticeship on a part time basis, stating at the time that he "would never kick a ball for them again". An unsuccessful trial later that summer with
Q.P.R was followed the very next day by one for West Ham United, where he was awarded a contract.
Martin went on to amass 586 first team appearances for the Hammers in a successful 19-year career at
Upton Park, in which he became one of only two players, along with
Billy Bonds, to be awarded two
testimonials.
It was alongside Bonds in the centre of defence that Martin - nicknamed ’Stretch’
After leaving West Ham, he'd a brief spell with East London neighbours
Leyton Orient, before managing
Southend United for two years.
After retiring from football management Martin joined London based radio station
talkSPORT and is also a regular pundit on
Sky Sports TV football talk shows.
His sons
David and
Joe are also footballers. David is currently third choice goalkeeper at
Liverpool and Joe is a midfielder currently on loan at
Blackpool from
Tottenham Hotspur.
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